liver diseases causing asymptomatic elevation of ALP
Last reviewed 01/2018
Liver diseases which may cause asymptomatic chronic elevation of alkaline phosphatase include:
- chronic cholestatic liver disease:
- partial biliary obstruction
- primary biliary cirrhosis
- primary sclerosing cholangitis
- drug-induced e.g. anabolic steroids
- chronic infiltrative liver disease:
- sarcoidosis
- malignant metastasis
asymptomatic gallstone disease